Goat yoga: meditation with a cuddly twist at Okanagan farm

Merging the farmyard antics of their people-loving goats and the tranquility and meditation of yoga has turned out to be a winning combination for the Campbell family.

Starting again this Sunday at Jeff and Cindy Campbell’s GottaGoat Farm on Green Mountain Road will be the weekly Goga (goat yoga) classes.

Three years ago the couple, who are also very much into animal rescue, happened to see on the internet the unlikely combination (although not to them) of how successful goats and yoga could be.

“We found quite a few people were interested, they came out and had just a ton of fun with all the little baby goats running around,” said Cindy. “Just being able to share the experience of being around the goats combined with the yoga component is something people certainly enjoy. People enjoy having yoga in their lives and we enjoy having the goats in our lives so just putting them together became a really cool way of interacting with people.”

And while the goats can be a bit of a disruption when it comes to yoga, Campbell believes the animals presence only adds to the experience.